People Keep Talking Explained

People Keep Talking
Type:studio
Artist:Hoodie Allen
Cover:Hoodie Allen - People Keep Talking.png
Alt:An image of a man wearing a white dress shirt, holding a black rotary phone as it wraps around his neck.
Released:October 14, 2014
Recorded:August 2012[1] –2014
Length:48:03
Label:ADA
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Prev Year:2012
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People Keep Talking is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Hoodie Allen. It was announced on August 19 with a pre-order date of August 25 and a release date of October 14, 2014.[2] [3] The album features 14 tracks.[4]

Release and promotion

People Keep Talking was available to stream through iTunes First Play on October 7, 2014.[5] The album was officially released on October 14, 2014 on iTunes, becoming Allen's second album to do so where it reached the number two spot on the albums chart.[6] The album was also released through physical CDs which was his first work to be released that way. One review declared the album release "expertly promoted" and remarked that Hoodie is a "marketing whiz" due to the release of high quality music videos for majority of the songs.[7] Promoting the release, Hoodie performed "All About It" on Good Day Philadelphia.[8]

Reception

A reviewer from Muhlenberg Weekly wrote that People Keep Talking is Hoodie's best work to date and "showed off his fast flow and clever lines".[9]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart, with sales of 30,246 copies in the United States.[10]

The fourth single off the album, "All About It" featuring Ed Sheeran, peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[11] The song also charted around Europe, peaking in the top ten in Germany and Austria.[12]

Track listing

Notes

Sample credit

Personnel

Credits for People Keep Talking adapted from AllMusic.[13]

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site:
    1. PeopleKeepTalking Hoodie Hangout
    . YouTube. 24 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Here's my new album cover! "People Keep Talking" 10/15 Pre-order on iTunes 8/25. Facebook. 24 August 2014.
  3. Web site: "People Keep Talking" October 14 . Twitter. 24 August 2015.
  4. Web site: 14 tracks. "@Simply_7even: @HoodieAllen can you say how many songs are gonna Be on the album ?". Twitter. 24 August 2014.
  5. Web site: Reandelar. Dana. Stream Hoodie Allen's New Album, 'People Keep Talking'. Under The Gun Review. October 7, 2014.
  6. Web site: Cantor. Brian. Florida Georgia Line Tops Albums Chart; Hoodie Allen and Jessie J Follow. Headline Planet. October 14, 2014.
  7. Web site: Murray. Scott. Hoodie Allen Streams "All About It". Under The Gun Review. October 16, 2014.
  8. Web site: Hoodie Allen Performs Exclusive Set On Good Day Philadelphia. My Fox Philly. October 16, 2014. October 19, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141018232937/http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/26803156/hoodie-allen. October 18, 2014. dead.
  9. Web site: Walter-Warner. Holden. Album Review: People Keep Talking - Hoodie Allen. Muhlenberg Weekly. October 16, 2014.
  10. Web site: Tardio . Andres . Hip Hop Album Sales: Game, Hoodie Allen, Chris Brown . HipHop DX . 2014-10-11 . 2014-10-22.
  11. Billboard Hot 100. 2015-02-05. February 8, 2015. Billboard.
  12. Web site: Hoodie Allen feat. Ed Sheeran - All About It - ultratop.be. Ultratop.
  13. Web site: People Keep Talking - Hoodie Allen. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Credits. 2014-10-14.
  14. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2014. Billboard. July 20, 2020.

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